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Performer fits several roles in 'Chorus Line'

Karen Confer
March 31, 2010

Premiering in 1975, “A Chorus Line” won nine Tony awards, including Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. The show’s most recent revival will run at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through April 8; 8 p.m. April 9; 2 and 8 p.m. April 10; and 1 and 6:30 p.m. April 11 in Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall. The State News sat down with Lauryn Ciardullo, a swing performer in the musical and understudy for four of the main characters: Bebe, Connie, Judy and Maggie.

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Drum circle to start on campus

Karen Confer
March 29, 2010

The CMS Drum Circle will meet from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Community Music School, 841 Timberlane St. A new event at CMS, the drum circle will be facilitated by the director of music therapy at CMS, Cindy Edgerton.

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Graduate works to fight teen problems through athletics

Karen Confer
March 29, 2010

The list of problems for children in the United States, especially underprivileged children, is endless, including things such as teenage pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse and chronic health issues. However Up2Us, a coalition of organizations providing youth sports activities, is taking a stand.

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Freshmen fifteen Q's: 3/30/10

College is a new world for freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions, at a new face on campus and his perspective of his new frontier.

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'Hot Tub Time Machine' fails to heat up

Cole Bertsos
March 29, 2010

It’s the classic tale of friends that, due to certain circumstances, have one too many drinks and inevitably end up in a kooky situation — trust me when I say you’ve seen the basic framework of “Hot Tub Time Machine” before.

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Hawthorne remake hits Arena theater stage

Karen Confer
March 24, 2010

The ground is littered with stained wooden platforms, an abandoned cloth doll, discarded pop cans, bits of torn newspaper and a lone rubber ducky. It’s the setting of The Department of Theatre’s production of “In the Blood,” written by Suzan-Lori Parks, opened on Tuesday night at the Auditorium Arena Theatre and runs through Sunday.

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Alumni from Mont. to introduce craft beers to MSU

Casey Nesterowich
March 23, 2010

Big Sky Brewery, based out of Montana and founded by former Spartans Neal Leathers and Brad Robinson, along with mutual friend Bjorn Nabozney from Montana, are introducing their beers to Michigan this week, starting in East Lansing. Leathers will introduce Moose Drool, one of the brewery’s beers, to local bars and will be at Crunchy’s, 254 W. Grand River Ave., Thursday night to meet with old friends and promote his craft beer on MSU’s campus.